Pandemic underscores gross inequalities in South Africa, and the need to fix them
Monday, April 6, 2020 - 09:10
in Earth & Climate
Now more than ever, South Africans are painfully aware of the inequalities that continue to play out in the country. In people's pre-COVID-19 lives, the realities of living in a country that is among the most unequal in the world were easily overlooked. The pandemic shines a very bright light on this reality. It asks us to fundamentally address them—not just at this time of the pandemic, but as a social justice imperative.